Anktiva is now approved for BCG-unresponsive papillary-only bladder cancer. Here’s what the bladder-sparing option involves, ...
Most people with bladder cancer begin treatment by having surgery to remove their cancer. If bladder cancer has spread beyond your bladder, you might have chemotherapy first. This can help treat ...
In Part 1, I wrote about how cancers of the urinary tract present with the sign of "painless, yet intermittent" hematuria, and how that sign is easily overlooked. Today, I will talk about how ...
Researchers from the University of Birmingham's Bladder Cancer Research Center have used a new method to detect chemical changes in the DNA in an individual's urine sample; epigenetic changes, called ...
Bladder cancer arises from the lining of the bladder, the organ that stores urine, and is one of the most common cancers in the United States. Most patients are diagnosed at an early stage called ...
The extent of the bladder cancer — how far it has spread — matters. Your care team needs to know if your cancer sits on or in the first lining of your bladder (non-muscle invasive), if it goes into ...
Researchers at Lund University have shown that precision-cut slices of bladder tumors keep their immune cells alive and ...
The approval adds patients with high-grade papillary-only tumors, based on trial data showing a 62% complete response rate in ...
A new urine test could identify people with bladder cancer more accurately than current diagnostic methods, researchers found.